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Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva won the doubles competition at the US Open. The German-Russian team prevailed 6: 4 and 6: 4 against the number three seeds Nicole Melichar (USA) and Xu Yifan (China).
For Siegemund and Zvonareva it is the first tournament they have played together. Since 1985 no German had reached the double final at Flushing Meadows. At that time, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch won the title alongside Helena Suková.
Siegemund and Zvonareva made it more exciting than necessary. They had checked the first sentence; In his own service it was already 5: 2 and 30: 0 before Melichar and Xu took the break. In the end, however, the victory was certain: in the second set Siegemund and Zvonareva broke the first game and could not take the lead.
Questions before the hug
After the transformed match point, Siegemund asked the chair umpire if the two players could hug. The chair umpire allowed physical contact in the crown crisis, Siegemund and Zvonareva fell into each other’s arms.
Siegemund had already won the mixed title at the US Open in 2016, alongside Croatian Mate Pavic. The 27-year-old won the men’s doubles competition on Thursday alongside Brazilian Bruno Soares.
